SigOpt YC Application
SigOpt went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2015 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.
- YC batch
- Winter 2015
- Industry
- B2BEngineering, Product and Design
- Team size
- 23
- Status
- Acquired
- Launched
- 2014
Founders
Scott ClarkFounder/CEO
What SigOpt does
SigOpt is the optimization platform that amplifies your research. SigOpt takes any research pipeline and tunes it, right in place. Our cloud-based ensemble of optimization algorithms is proven and seamless to deploy, and is used by globally recognized leaders within the insurance, credit card, algorithmic trading and consumer packaged goods industries.
SigOpt's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
SigOpt, Winter 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
SigOpt
Optimization-as-a-Service for tuning models
We built an API-based platform that plugs into any research or production pipeline. It runs an ensemble of optimization algorithms in the cloud to tune hyperparameters, models, and complex experiments automatically. Companies in insurance, credit cards, algorithmic trading, and CPG use us to improve their ML models and decision systems without rebuilding their stacks.
We live in San Francisco, and the company is based here after YC.
San Francisco lets us recruit data scientists and engineers familiar with AI and SaaS. It also puts us close to early enterprise customers and investors focused on machine learning infrastructure.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real SigOpt YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from SigOpt's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like SigOpt would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was SigOpt in?
SigOpt was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2015 batch.
Who founded SigOpt?
SigOpt was founded by Scott Clark.
What does SigOpt do?
SigOpt is an Optimization-as-a-Service platform that seamlessly tunes…
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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